Events

Each event is different and unique, communicating key leadership values through various mediums. Host one of our leadership training and development seminars on your own campus or location, in a flexible time frame that fits your schedule.

Speakers

Dr. Tim Elmore and eleven additional stellar speakers on the Growing Leaders team are available for both student and adult events held on-site at your location. Our leadership training workshops are designed specifically for K-12 educators, university and college faculty and staff, coaches, parents, and youth workers.

Event Topics

Generation iY®

It is no longer accurate to refer to Generation Y as one collective generation. The Millennials born after 1990 are a whole new batch of students and young team members. This session turns research into reality, with principles & practical steps to help leaders understand the unique challenges of Generation iY and learn how to connect and lead them well. Based on Tim Elmore’s book, Generation iY: The Secrets to Connecting With Today’s Teens in the Digital Age.

Marching Off the Map:
The Art of Leading Change

Education today is changing. Classrooms are shifting to become more relevant to the needs of students. This session challenges educators to not only pioneer new territory, but also offers what direction is most strategic and how to lead the way into new territory.

Free Range Teachers:
Building Metacognition in Students

One hot button in both higher education and secondary schools is metacognition. It enables students to not only engage in their learning but to own it. This session breaks down exactly what must happen for a leader or teacher to encourage metacognition in their learners.

Generation Z:
Instructing the Next Generation

In the year 2000, adolescent attention spans were 12 seconds. Today, they are six seconds. Students spend the equivalent of an eight-hour day in front of screens, which makes teaching them more challenging than ever. This session is practical and research-based, comparing five generations of students and offering current best practices for communicating with Generation Z.

Connecting with a Generation Who Has a Six-Second Attention Span

In 2000, adolescent attention spans were 12 seconds. Today, they are 6-8 seconds. They have dropped almost in half. While it’s not hard to capture the attention of students, it is very hard to keep their attention. This session prepares adults with the tools and skills necessary to overcome that fear and positively impact the next generation with their messages.

Timeless Leadership Principles: Habitudes Experience

The Habitudes Experience is a portable, five-sensory session held on a school campus or other onsite location. Students will experience an unforgettable day which leaves them believing they can be effective leaders and passionate about fulfilling a leadership role. Based on Growing Leaders’ curriculum, Habitudes®: Images That Form Leadership Habits & Attitudes.

Adjusting the Sails

Change is hard for those who’ve led or taught for years. It’s easier to complain about the less than optimal times we find ourselves in, or to surrender to mediocrity. This session offers five suggestions on how to make adjustments that could be game-changers in your school or organization.

The Primary Colors of a Leader

This session breaks the complex subject of leadership into four fundamentals that everyone and anyone can develop in their lives. It provides a summary of what makes for a healthy, effective leader and the steps necessary to become one.

A New Kind of Leader

Effective leadership styles look different today than they did even twenty years ago. Team members are begging for leadership to shift from a top-down style to a collaborative style: one that we call a “Poet Gardener.” This session explores how leadership styles have changed over the years to reflect the needs of each generation and offer practical tips on how to be a relevant leader in today’s global economy.

iPods, Radios and the Pony Express

Today’s workplace may have four to five generations working together. This can lead to either incredible coloration or a train wreck. This engaging session offers a peak into the various generations, what they value, how they communicate best and what leaders must do to connect with each one and equip them to collaborate together.

Endorsements

Tim Elmore is a great communicator. His material is relevant and helpful. I enjoyed his leadership teaching so much, I asked him to teach our entire staff.

Andy Stanley

Founder & Senior PastorNorth Point Community Church

Tim Elmore has served on my staff since 1983 and has worked with students even longer. He is able to help you wrap your arms around the subject of leadership. No one teaches leadership better than Tim Elmore. I recommend him as a teacher and a mentor.

Dr. John C. Maxwell

Founder of The John Maxwell CompanyAuthor of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

As a university dean, I believe anyone who cares about the future of this generation should digest the materials from Tim Elmore and Growing Leaders. He understands what students need and how to deliver it in a relevant fashion.

Mary Gerardy

Dean– Wake Forest University

As we all know, our workforce makeup continues to evolve each year. With the Millennials becoming the largest portion of our population, and the fact that multiple generations make up today’s employees, our leadership styles have to be more adaptable than ever. Dr. Elmore’s presentation helps you recognize the key differences between generations in a very common sense and easy to understand approach. The session was very engaging and challenged the way we need to think and approach our roles of a leader with today’s workforce.

Curtis Wooten

Senior Vice President of Human ResourcesDelta Global Services– subsidiary of Delta Air Lines

"I have attended (and facilitated) a lot of “Generations in the Workplace” trainings in the past but, in my opinion, yours was the best I have ever heard."